Barnes Lab
Betsy J. Barnes, PhD
Laboratory of Autoimmune and Cancer Research
Blood Development.Immunity.Cancer.
Investigating how blood cells develop, how immune responses are regulated, and how these processes change in anemia, autoimmunity, and cancer.
Our laboratories
Two labs. Shared purpose.
We advance pediatric research through complementary approaches. The Barnes Lab studies immune regulation in autoimmunity and cancer, while the Blanc Lab investigates red blood cell development and inherited anemia. Together, we examine how inflammation affects blood formation and contributes to disease.
Blanc Lab
Lionel Blanc, PhD
Laboratory of Developmental Erythropoiesis
Our science
Research areas
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Developmental erythropoiesis
How red blood cells develop—from early progenitors to mature cells—and how ribosomal defects disrupt this process in inherited anemia.
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Autoimmunity & inflammation
How IRF5 and its signaling partners regulate inflammation, and how immune responses affect tissues and blood formation in autoimmune disease.
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Cancer & immune biology
How tumor signaling and extracellular vesicles influence metastatic environments, and how tumor antigens can be explored as targets for immunity.
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